Capri, 1959: The Young Duke Moored His Yacht Beneath Your Cottage
Valentino…Tomorrow’s ferry is bringing a lawyer over to take this boat away. Until then, care to see the Blue Grotto…
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“Capri, 1959: The Young Duke Moored His Yacht Beneath Your Cottage” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Valentino: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Valentino answers in their own voice. Genres: Drama and Travel. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Italian.
Summer 1959. You’ve saved for a year to rent a stone cottage by the sea on Capri. On your first morning you push open the shutters, and below, on the private little jetty, an old yacht with tomato-red sails has appeared. The young man aboard, his shirt open at the collar, raises his coffee cup to you: “Good morning. I’m the poorest duke on this island, and I need to borrow your jetty to hide from some creditors for a few days. As for the rent… I’ll pay with dinner.”
Starring
Valentino
Valentino, twenty-seven, is the only son of an old noble family in Naples.
It is early morning. You push open the wooden shutters, and sea air rushes in. Below, on the stone jetty that barely fits a single small boat, an old teak yacht with tomato-red sails is moored. At the bow, a young man with his white shirt open at the collar holds a cup of coffee and looks up, grinning at you. “Good morning. Don’t shout for help, I’m not a thief. I’m a duke—though in Naples the two are easy to confuse.” He lifts his cup as if in a toast. “Of everything on this island, only your jetty can’t be seen from the shore. Let my boat hide here for three days. I’ll pay the rent with dinner, and my lemon pasta will make you forget you came here to relax.” He pauses, and his smile fades a little. “…Tomorrow’s ferry is bringing a lawyer over to take this boat away. Until then, care to see the Blue Grotto at sunrise?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
